Wow, a lot's happens since I last posted.

Quick run-through...

I ended up having both my interview with the GOP and WITH the congressman. This congressman is actually a pretty high ranking member, so it was a great honor to get to meet him and just talk with him for a few minutes. Not many people get to do that, so it was quite the experience. Before that however, I had my interview in Harrisburg. That interview went pretty well, and I left feeling alright about it. During that interview, I got a voicemail from an organization in D.C. asking me to have another interview! So I called them up and arranged to meet with them later that day, rounding up my total to three interviews in one day. Crazy, I know. Another reason to always be armed with resumes.

That second interview went ok. Nothing to write home about. I wasn't thrilled with the position. Then I went on to the Hill to meet with the member.

Well, the next day, I got a phone call saying that I had not gotten the position with the member, which was disappointing, but I was alright with it. Positions will always open up on the Hill, and I was fine with getting the GOP job if I got it, which I found out a few hours later that I basically did. I still had a few more informal interviews to go through, but I had been chosen to go through the process for getting hired!

So now, I'm waiting for Sunday to roll around, when I am going to go to Harrisburg to a two-day training event for all of the people who are in my position around the state.

My position is a "Field Representative" for Chester County, PA. Basically, from what I've gathered, I'll be in charge of rounding up volunteers and making sure the grassroots effort is being pushed around the county. It'll be long hours and hard work, but I'm really excited to get started on it!

All of this goes to say, I've learned a lot about having faith in God's plan about my future. It's so much easier to accept a "no" when you realize that God has a plan, and that there's a reason why the "no" is a "no," and that the "yes" out there is so much better than you could have imagined, and will be much more beneficial to you in the future. When you focus on just getting what you can get, and wanting the first thing that pops up to be a "yes" (which is nice if it's the right thing), getting a "no" is almost devastating. That's why God is in control, and we aren't.

I've always toted the Christian line about "having faith in God's perfect plan" throughout my life, but that's been when my life's been easy, and the biggest choice I've had to make was what college to go to. When it comes to making life choices, like moving across the country for a job you don't have yet- that's when God draws the line in the sand, and asks you to step over in faith. And giving God that control is so relieving once you realize you've already done it. The funny part is that we're giving Him the control He already has. We struggle and push so hard to try to do things our way, when He's the one really operating things and watching us exert ourselves over nothing. Realizing that was one of the best things spiritually that's ever happened to me. Putting my faith to the test and giving everything up to God was easier than I thought it was going to be. It was like a "that was it?" kind of moment. The thought of it was a lot harder than actually doing it. And that's the struggle that Satan makes for us. I would posit that 90% of choosing to do something is mental, and the other 10% is actually doing it. Once you get over that mental hump, most of the fight is over.

So my encouragement is this: Proverbs 3:5. Live it.